How was this survey conducted?
Dear Editor,
Frederick Kissoon says “Bollywood performers in films must be white-skinned and blue-eyed. For more than one hundred years, the Hindi film industry has not employed even a semi-light hero or heroine.” What skin tone I wonder is the undisputed king of the Indian screen, Amitabh Bachchan? What skin colour is Zeenat Aman, Rekha? How about Govinda?

“I have no interest in politics, but if I were to enter formal party politics, one of my platforms would be the banning of Bollywood films to this country because of their racist nature and content,” Freddie says. Thank goodness he has no interest in politics, Freddie obviously has no future there with such an authoritarian inclination. I wonder what is the last Indian movie he saw, and which are the films that were racist in nature and content?

Freddie made many outlandish statements on race following his “survey”. Could he say exactly how his poll was conducted, how was the sampling organized, was there a staff, how many days did the survey last, how many people were questioned, in what age group, what questions were asked, You know, the kind of issues relevant to a credible poll? Should we take the results seriously even though “the research went astray and ended up investigating an unrelated topic”?
Yours faithfully,
Lutchman Gossai